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Eat SlEEp DiE
Äta sova dö
Wed 12 Jun 6:00 PM doQ2
Fri 14 Jun 11:50 aM ev4
Sweden | 2012 | 103 mins | In Swedish, Montenegrin,
Serbian with English subtitles
australian PreMiere
Director, Screenwriter: Gabriela Pichler | Producer: China Åhlander | Cast:
Nermina Luka , Milan Dragišić , Jonathan Lampinen | Print Source: Swedish
Film Institute
Raša (played by the unforgettable Nermina Luka ) is a
twentysomething tomboy living in rural southern Sweden,
who spends her days contentedly working at a
vegetable-packing plant. Her evenings are devoted to
looking after her struggling father. Despite being an
efficient worker, Raša is the first to go when the factory
starts firing staff. Since she has Bosnian Muslim heritage
(like director Gabriela Pichler), her dismissal stings with
racial undertones. Jobless, Raša is then abandoned by her
father when he leaves to seek work in Norway. Suddenly
her small town seems even smaller and lonelier as she is
confronted with a difficult choice: leaving her life behind for
a new job elsewhere, or permanent unemployment. In this
astonishing debut feature, the hard realities of modern
Swedish society are depicted with profound emotional
insight, as Raša comes to terms with her life.
an EpiSoDE in thE lifE
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ePizoda u zivotu beraca zelJeza
Wed 5 Jun 6:00 PM ev9
thu 13 Jun 12:15 PM ev4
Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovenia, Italy | 2013 |
74 mins | In Bosnian with English subtitles
australian PreMiere
Director, Screenwriter: Danis Tanović| Producers: Amra Bakšić C
ˇ
amo,
Cˇedomir Kolar | Cast: Senada Alimanović, Nazif Mujić, Sandra Mujić |
World Sales: The Match Factory
Oscar®-winner Danis Tanović (No Man’s Land ) felt
compelled to make this film after reading an article
depicting the discrimination suffered by a Roma family in
Bosnia and Herzegovina. Operating on a micro-budget,
Tanović contacted the affected family and convinced them
to reenact the episode. The result is this extremely
powerful film, which won the Jury Grand Prize and Best
Actor prize at the Berlinale. Nazif ekes out a living
searching for and selling scrap metal. One day he
returns home to discover his wife Senada is very ill; but
without a state-provided health-insurance card, or
enough money, Senada is refused treatment. The film
follows the couple over the next 10 days, as Nazif does
everything he can to save Senada’s life. Shot in only
nine days, and for under $25,000, this is urgent,
humanist and very effective filmmaking.
Screens with Out of Frame (page 50)
EvEryDay
thu 6 Jun 4:45 PM ev4
tue 11 Jun 7:30 PM ev4
UK | 2012 | 106 mins | In English
australian PreMiere
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Screenwriters: Michael Winterbottom,
Laurence Coriat | Producer: Melissa Parmenter | Cast: John Simm, Shirley
Henderson, Shaun Kirk, Katrina Kirk, Stephanie Kirk, Robert Kirk| World Sales:
Bankside Films UK
The highly prolific UK auteur Michael Winterbottom (who
has two films at SFF this year – see also The Look of Love,
page 20) filmed this remarkable project over five years in
order to tell the story of a family separated by a prison
sentence. While Ian (John Simm) serves time, Karen
(Shirley Henderson) must raise their four children herself.
The episodic film is structured around a series of visits:
first the family visiting Ian in prison and then, years later,
his painfully brief visits home. As time passes, the film
very realistically captures subtle changes, as the children
(played by four real-life siblings) grow – and how the
distance between them and Ian grows too. With great
performances, and moments of both sadness and joy,
Everyday is a story of survival and love, and a celebration
of the small pleasures of everyday life.
a fEw hourS of Spring
QuelQues heures de PrinteMPs
Fri 7 Jun 6:15 PM creMorne
Wed 12 Jun 2:30 PM ev4
France | 2012 | 108 mins | In French with English subtitles
australian PreMiere
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Screenwriters: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon |
Producers: Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto | Cast: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent,
Emmanuelle Seigner | World Sales: Rezo Films
Featuring superb performances by Vincent Lindon
(Welcome ) and Hélène Vincent (Life Is a Long Quiet River ),
and a beautiful and understated score by Nick Cave and
Warren Ellis, this is a very powerful drama about the
difficulties of a mother-and-son relationship. At the age of
48, and just released from prison, Alain has nowhere else
to go, and settles into a deeply uncomfortable routine
with his mother Yvette, who is very set in her ways.
Lacking effective communication, the relationship
becomes more and more strained. Alain finds some
solace in a relationship with Clémence (Emmanuelle
Seigner), but his personal problems obstruct any progress.
The discovery that Yvette is seriously ill forces mother and
son to consider each other in a new light. Without resorting
to sentiment, director Stéphane Brizé (Mademoiselle
Chambon) has created an honest and affecting tale with
a heartbreaking and life-affirming climax.
gingEr & roSa
sun 9 Jun 10:00 aM state
sun 9 Jun 6:50 PM creMorne
UK|2012|90mins|InEnglish
australian PreMiere
Director, Screenwriter: Sally Potter | Producers: Christopher Sheppard,
Andrew Litvin | Cast: Christina Hendricks, Elle Fanning, Alessandro Nivola,
Alice Englert | Distributor: Transmission Films
Acclaimed British director Sally Potter (Orlando, Yes )
returns with a film set in London in the early ’60s.
Teenagers Ginger and Rosa are inseparable as they begin
to discover love, religion and politics. Ginger (Elle Fanning
of Babel and Somewhere ) is drawn to poetry and politics,
while Rosa (Australian actress Alice Englert of Beautiful
Creatures ) is more interested in smoking cigarettes and
kissing boys. Soon the growing threat of nuclear war casts
a shadow over their lives, and they are both drawn to the
ideas of Ginger’s bohemian, pacifist father (Alessandro
Nivola). When Rosa’s interest in him develops beyond the
ideological, the lifelong friendship of the girls is shattered.
With excellent supporting performances by Christina
Hendricks, Jodhi May, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt and
Annette Bening, Ginger and Rosa creates a strong sense of
time and place, and of a beautiful and complex friendship.
a hijacking
KaPringen
thu 6 June 12:45 PM ev4
sat 8 June 4:15 PM ev8
Denmark | 2012 | 99 mins | In Danish with English subtitles
australian PreMiere
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Screenwriter: Tobias Lindholm | Producers:
Tomas Radoor, René Ezra | Cast: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæˇ k, Dar Salim |
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Tobias Lindholm’s multiple award-winning feature takes a
distinctive approach to the story of a cargo ship hijacked by
Somali pirates. The drama alternates between the stressed
crew on the Rozen and the shipping-company boardroom
back home. Søren Malling, best known for his roles in
Danish TV series Borgen (which Lindholm also wrote) and
The Killing, plays the stern CEO. He sees himself as an ace
mediator, and decides to take charge, interfering with the
experienced professional (played by a real-life hostage
negotiator). Meanwhile, back at sea, the captive crew live
in stifling conditions. The mild-mannered chef (Pilou Asbæ
ˇ
k) is
one of the few who keeps his head. The film is ifnluenced by
the highly popular Scandinavian TV crime-drama form, with
its fusion of realism and action. Lindholm takes it to the big
screen with expertly paced tension and a dynamic
emotional payoff.
thE icEman
sat 8 Jun 7:00 PM ev4
Mon 10 Jun 9:15 PM ev9
USA | 2012 | 98 mins | In English
australian PreMiere
Director: Ariel Vromen | Screenwriters: Morgan Land, Ariel Vromen |
Producers: Ariel Vromen, Avi Lerner, Ehud Bleiberg | Cast: Michael Shannon,
Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans, David Schwimmer, Stephen Dorff,
James Franco | Distributor: Roadshow Films
The excellent Michael Shannon (Take Shelter, SFF Official
Competition 2011; Boardwalk Empire ) delivers a chillingly
brilliant performance in this story of a notorious real-life hit
man who killed more than 100 people over two decades.
Shannon plays Richard Kuklinski, whom we first meet in
the ’60s as a bit player in the porn industry. He comes to
the attention of a mob boss (Ray Liotta) who appreciates
Richard’s iciness. Soon Richard is doing hits, often
partnering with Robert (Chris Evans of The Avengers), who
has an ingenious method of body disposal. All the while,
Richard appears to be a loving family man, keeping his
sociopathic tendencies away from his devoted wife
(Winona Ryder) and children. With a stellar cast also
including David Schwimmer, Stephen Dorff and James
Franco, The Iceman is reminiscent of the great mob films
like Goodfellas and The Godfather.
in Bloom
grzeli nateli dgeebi
Fri 7 Jun 5:30 PM ev4
sat 8 Jun 10:45 aM creMorne
sun 16 Jun 2:30 PM ev8
Georgia, Germany, France | 2013 | 102 mins | In Georgian
with English subtitles
australian PreMiere
Directors: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross | Screenwriter: Nana Ekvtimishvili|
Producers: Simon Gross, Mark Wächter, Guillaume de Seille, Nana
Ekvtimishvili | Cast: Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria, Zurab Gogaladze |
Distributor: Palace Films
The multiple award-winning In Bloom is a profoundly
moving story of two young girls navigating the oppressive
familial and societal expectations of post-Soviet Georgia.
Tbilisi, 1992: the newly independent state must fend for
itself even as civil war rages in the provinces. For
14-year-old best friends Eka and Natia, childhood comes to
an abrupt halt amidst the turmoil. But like most schoolgirls,
they’re far more concerned with gossip, music and
exercising their budding sexual power over the boys. Class
beauty Natia attracts the attention of not only the
handsome Lado, but also local thug Kote. It is the gift by
Lado to Natia of a pistol that fractures the lives of both girls
and tests their relationship. Based on writer and co-director
Nana Ekvtimishvili’s childhood memories, and featuring
radiant performances and beautiful cinematography, In
Bloom has the rich texture of authentic lived experience.
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2013
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